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Senator Loren Legarda hailed the Senate’s approval of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act. Legarda, co-sponsor of the bill, said that the measure institutionalizes the provision of full tuition fee subsidy for students enrolled in all of the country’s state universities and colleges (SUCs), local […]
Members of the House of Representatives adjourned the First Regular Session of the 17th Congress with their hard work and commitment to genuine change resulting in a rich production of pro-people legislative measures, some of which had already been enacted into law while others hurdled the second and third reading in plenary, and the […]
Government workers’ midyear bonus envelopes, particularly those that are P82,000 and below, are fatter this year, according to Senator Sonny Angara. Angara, chairman of the Senate committee on ways and means, announced that the benefit of Republic Act 10653, which he authored and sponsored last year, mandating tax exemption for bonuses not over than […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged the Duterte administration to maintain a balanced allocation of law enforcement resources between the government’s aggressive anti-illegal drugs campaign and other public safety priorities amid successive blasts that have rocked Manila’s densely populated Quiapo district. “These bombings serve as a tragic reminder that there are many public security issues aside […]
“Taxing cooperatives would cause the slow death of micro social enterprises and anti-poverty initiatives, especially in the countryside. The government should encourage the growth of groups that help the poor to compete against purely capitalist businesses. We should not shackle them with additional financial burdens. Please spare the coops. If government wants to generate […]
The House sub-committee on judicial reforms has conducted preliminary deliberations on several measures seeking to create more court salas in various parts of the country. Rep. Vicente Veloso (3rd District, Leyte), panel chairman, underscored the importance of the bills in addressing the shortage of court salas, which is one of the main problems of […]
The recent unauthorized occupation of shelter units constructed by the government for soldiers and policemen in Pandi, Bulacan by an urban poor group gives yet another compelling reason for the creation of a housing “super body.” This was stressed by Senator Sonny Angara as he renewed his call to fast-track the approval of a […]
Top Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officials on Sunday belied claims made by the Chamber of Mines against DENR Secretary Gina Lopez during last week’s confirmation hearings that she did not follow due process in the cancellation of 23 mining permits last February. The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) is […]
Senator JV Ejercito said he will get the commitment of Smart Communications to improve and upgrade its services for the next five to ten years. The senator, as Vice Chairman of the Public Services Committee, said the extension of the telcos giant’s franchise could have been easily renewed for another 25 years had it refined […]
The House committee on public information, in a move to uphold and strengthen the people’s right to information, unanimously approved this week the much-awaited Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. Rep. Antonio Tinio (Party-list, ACT Teachers), committee chairman, presented to the panel a substitute bill, which is a consolidation of 33 measures on the FOI proposal. […]